By James Weyhenmeyer The first day of a new school year is marked by excitement and expectation, and today thousands of new and returning students are buzzing through Georgia State University’s campuses from downtown Atlanta, to Decatur and Dunwoody. Yet Georgia State is not just a place where the next generation of nurses, teachers, artists […]
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Haiti Disease Detectives Join Fight Against Zika
By Dr. Dionisio Herrera Guibert, Director of TEPHINET I recently attended a graduation ceremony in Haiti for 25 field epidemiologists who completed a training program in detecting and responding to Zika outbreaks in their communities. It was an honor to participate in this ceremony along with Dr. Patrick O’Carroll who leads our health systems strengthening […]
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Together With CDC And You, Our Impact Is Greater
By Judy Monroe, MD, president and CEO for the CDC Foundation Does your brand reflect who you are? Amazon CEO and Founder Jeff Bezos has said, “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” That’s interesting to think about. What would people say about you or your organization when […]
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ARC’s ConnectATL Summit to Help Region Prepare for Future of Mobility
It seems like science fiction: Self-driving vehicles that can be summoned on demand; smart traffic signals that monitor and optimize traffic flow; connected cars that “talk” to each other and avoid collisions. But technology is advancing quickly, and experts say this future may actually be close at hand. It promises to fundamentally transform our region […]
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It’s a Great Time to Go to the Right Law School
By Wendy Hensel Prominent voices question the value of a law degree and suggest the best and brightest should look elsewhere for satisfying careers. Students appear to be listening because law admissions have declined nationally. However, as is often the case, the truth differs from conventional wisdom. There has never been a better time to […]
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Atlanta Cyber Week Unveils Five New Events; Anchor Conference, Cybercon, Seeks Cybersecurity Startups to Pitch CISOs
Baker Donelson and the Metro Atlanta Chamber announced the addition of five events to the Atlanta Cyber Week schedule. The Advanced Technology Development Center and Georgia State University are sponsoring the newly added events that will supplement Atlanta Cyber Week’s anchor conferences, Cybercon and the National Technology Security Council CISO Policy Conference. Baker Donelson also […]
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Georgia State College of Law’s Center for Access to Justice Introduces Public Interest, Pro Bono Student Programs
By Lauren Sudeall Lucas and Darcy Meals “Equal justice under law” is a bedrock of the American legal system, but the experiences of lower-income civil and criminal litigants are often fundamentally different from those with financial means. Among those differences is the ability to hire an attorney, often critical to navigating a complex legal system. […]
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Clean Birthing Kit Project
Each day, over 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. And 2 million mothers watch their babies die within 24 hours of birth. But the good news is, these deaths are preventable. In fact, 98% of maternal deaths are preventable. And if low-cost, low-tech medical care is provided to infants and […]
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What Should I Do With My Life? Finding Work Worth Doing
By Tom Conklin Hate your job? Betting friends that your job actually stops time? Maybe you are not working in your “calling.” Having a calling is the idea that we participate in the work that we were built for. Thinkers and theologians have suggested a calling is wherever we find our occupational self that serves […]
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A Vision for All of Africa
Photo: Okechukwu Obodo (right) lost his sight from river blindness 15 years ago. He lives on his own with help from neighbors in Enugu State, Nigeria. (credit: The Carter Center/R. McDowall) By Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters, CEO of The Carter Center Leveraging the experience of our pioneering work to eradicate Guinea worm disease, The Carter Center […]
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9 Ways You Can Save a Tree
By Judy Yi, Director of Education, Trees Atlanta Why not 10 ways? Why not save a whole forest? We offer 9 simple ways you can save a tree as a reminder that protecting our urban forest does not have to be a perfect or complex solution. It just takes you and me doing what we […]
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Triple Play to Propel Atlanta Forward
So what do these three things have in common? Each of the three came together in a personal and professional way this past week when we gathered at the Atlanta Community Food Bank. You see, I don’t worry about where my delicious breakfast is coming from or the dollars to pay for it, but one […]
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A State of Good Repair: How Infrastructure Maintenance Reduces Inequality and Spurs Economic Growth
By John Gibson and Felix Rioja Policymakers on both sides of the political divide are considering expanding infrastructure-related spending. However, the exact dollar amount needed and where best to target these funds is still a subject of debate. While new projects clearly garner more attention from the press, maintenance in the form of fixing roads […]
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What’s a 5-hug delivery?
After returning to United Way of Greater Atlanta’s Gifts In Kind warehouse from a delivery, United Way employee “Mr. Paul” Young said, “That was a 5-hug delivery.” Mr. Paul’s heartfelt delivery was providing brand new goods to one of our nonprofit partners. For more than a decade, United Way of Greater Atlanta’s Gifts In Kind […]
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Ebola: People + Public Health + Political Will
By Claire Stinson, senior communications officer for the CDC Foundation What was it like at ground zero of the worst outbreak of Ebola in history? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) David J. Sencer Museum will be the first U.S. museum to offer an overview of the devastating viral outbreak that killed more […]
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Preparing the Peach State’s Future: The Georgia Center for Education Policy
A new Georgia Center for Education Policy at Georgia State University will help state education and policy leaders harness the power of research to improve the lives of students, from classrooms to careers. Using a $3.9 million grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the center in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies […]
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Avoiding Toxic Corporate Cultures: Are CEOs helping or hurting their organizations?
By Chad Hartnell Leaders often trumpet organizational culture as a source of competitive advantage, but it can also be the source of an organization’s demise. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen admitted to cheating U.S. emissions tests to grow its market share in vehicles with diesel engines, a scandal blamed […]
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CLIMATE CHANGE, PARIS ACCORD, AND ATLANTA’S TREES
By Joe Thomas, Donor and Public Relations Coordinator, Trees Atlanta In the wake of the federal government’s withdrawal from the Paris Accord—the historic worldwide agreement addressing climate change signed by then-President Obama — we have to get serious about the climate crisis at the local level. Now is the time for states, municipalities, and neighborhoods […]
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Atlanta’s Player One: An interview with Hi-Rez Studios’ Todd Harris
By Patrick Adcock Atlanta’s digital transformation continues at a rapid pace, and with that comes a renewed interest in video games and esports. Competitive gaming grows by leaps and bounds each year and brings with it a rabid fan base of players and spectators. Atlanta is a hub in the southeast for this scene with […]
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Amid Adversity, Dedicated Vaccination Teams Battle Polio Outbreak in Nigeria
Photo:In Sokoto, Nigeria, a child receives a dose of oral polio vaccine during a campaign in response to a polio outbreak. The multi-partner Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) conducts periodic evaluations to assess the quality of polio outbreak responses. Photo credit: UNICEF By Meg Farrell, MPH, Polio Eradication Support, The Task Force for Global Health […]
